Very effective weekend of the Macedonian internationals across the globe. Stefan Cholakovski, Agon Elezi, Bojan Miovski, Elmin Rastoder, Behar Feta and Milan Ristovski scored, while Lirim Kjamili, Dimitar Mitrovski and Darko Churlinov assisted.
photo: Stefan Cholakovski (left) celebrates after scoring against Macarthur; by aleagues.com.au
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Bylis – Partizani 1:2
Dime Dimov played the full match for his new club Bylis, his teammate Gjorgji Stoilov got introduced in the 69th minute at which time David Atanaskoski also entered the game for Partizani.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Elbasani – Teuta 2:1
Donart Ibraimi remained on the bench in the win over Teuta.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Flamurtari – Egnatia 0:1
Igor Aleksovski, Hamza Ramani and Todor Todoroski all started the match for Flamurtari. The first two played the full game, while Todoroski got taken off in the 72nd minute. By the visitors, Mal Januzi did not make the bench this weekend.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Vllaznia – Vora 1:0
Enis Fazlagić played the first halftime for Vora.
Australia, A-League, Macarthur – Perth Glory 2:2
After being out of action the entire 2025 due to an injury, Stefan Cholakovski has managed to return to his old form very fast in the new year by scoring his first goal of the season in his third appearance for Perth Glory (having already picked up his first assist in the previous round). He entered the game from the bench in the 70th minute and provided the equalizing goal in the stoppage time, to set the final 2:2 score.
Cholakovski’s goal (at 2:33):
Belgium, Pro League, Zulte Waregem – Dender 1:0
David Toshevski played from the 68th minute from Dender but failed to help them avoid defeat from Zulte Waregem.
Belgium, Pro League, Westerlo – Sint-Truiden 0:4
As usual, Visar Musliu made another start for Sint-Truiden but already in the 6th minute he had to leave the field due to an injury. It remains to be seen in the following days as to how serious his injury is and how long he would be absent.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga BiH, Velež – Borac 0:0
Damjan Shishkovski remained the backup goalkeeper for Borac as the Bosnian league resumed this weekend after the winter break.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga BiH, Sarajevo – Radnik 2:0
Agon Elezi started 2026 with a goal for Sarajevo as he opened the score of the match in the 19th minute. He went on to play the full 90 minutes, as did his teammate Stefan Ristovski, while Ivan Nikolov made his debut for Radnik when he was brought on in the 68th minute.
Elezi’s goal (at 2:56):
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga BiH, Posušje – Željezničar 1:0
Matej Cvetanoski was in Zeljeznicar’s starting lineup and played for 82 minutes.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Cherno More – Spartak Varna 0:0
Vlatko Drobarov played another 90 minutes for Cherno More and helped them keep a clean sheet, while Georg Stojanovski did not get summoned by Spartak.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Levski – Botev Vratsa 3:1
Nikola Serafimov played the full match for Levski.
Croatia, HNL, Lokomotiva – Gorica 3:0
Aleksandar Trajkovski did not get summoned by the hosts.
Croatia, HNL, Hajduk – Slaven Belupo 2:0
Ilija Nestorovski played the full match for Slaven Belupo and also got booked in the 56th minute, while Leonard Zhuta remained on the bench.
Croatia, HNL, Varaždin – Osijek 2:1
Mario Mladenovski was in Varazdin’s starting lineup and was replaced in the 86th minute.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Krasava – AEL 3:0
Davor Zdravkovski played until the 81st minute for AEL.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Enosis – Ethnikos 0:2
Demir Imeri played the full match for Enosis, while Marko Simonovski joined him on the field in the 69th minute.
Czechia, Česká První liga, Bohemians – Pardubice 1:2
Milan Ristovski entered Bohemians’ squad in the 76th minute and managed to lower his team’s defeat with a goal in the 91st minute.
Ristovski’s goal (at 2:15):
Czechia, Česká První liga, Ostrava – Sigma 2:0
Tihomir Kostadinov was an unused substitute for Sigma.
Czechia, Česká První liga, Jablonec – Slovácko 0:0
Andrej Stojchevski played the full match for the visitors and helped them keep a clean sheet.
Denmark, Superliga, Nordsjaelland – Sønderjyske 2:1
Both Sefer Emini and Lirim Kjamili were starters for the away team. Emini played 82 minutes before he was taken off, while Kjamili went on to play the whole match and provided the assist to his side’s lone goal.
Kjamili’s assist (at 3:15):
Greece, Super League 1, AEL – Panetolikos 1:4
Jani Atanasov watched his side’s home defeat from the bench.
Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Nyíregyháza Spartacus – MTK 4:2
Dorian Babunski remained on the bench for the home team, while his teammate Vane Jovanov marked his debut when he entered the match at the beginning of the second half.
Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Ferencvaros – Újpest 3:0
Arijan Ademi was on the bench for the away team during the Derby of Hungary.
Iran, Persian Gulf Pro League, Mes Rafsanjan – Esteghal Khuzestan 0:1
Stefan Ashkovski played 52 minutes for the home team before he was substituted.
Italy, Serie A, Genoa – Napoli 2:3
Elif Elmas played the whole match for the winning side.
Jordan, Jordanian Pro League, Al-Baqaa – Al-Ramtha 2:2
Ivan Ivanovski was in Al-Ramtha’s starting lineup and played for 66 minutes.
Portugal, Liga Portugal 2, Maritimo – Farense 0:1
Nikola Gjorgjev was not part of the matchday squad for the away team.
Romania, Liga I, Arges – Hermannstadt 3:1
Marko Gjorgjievski entered the match in the 59th minute, but wasn’t able to help his team avoid the defeat.
Romania, Liga I, Rapid – Petrolul 1:1
Dejan Iliev has his debut on Rapid Bucuresti’s goal.
Romania, Liga I, Csikszereda – UTA 2:0
Din Alomerović played the whole match on UTA Arad’s left back position.
Scotland, Scottish Cup, Rangers – Queen’s Park 8:0
Bojan Miovski was in Rangers’ starting lineup and scored his team’s 7th goal in the 80th minute. This was Miovski’s fourth goal in the Scottish Cup this season and 10th goal for Rangers overall.
Stefan Despotovski was an unused substitute for OFK, while Marko Alchevski is still out because of an injury.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, IMT Novi Beograd – Napredak 2:0
Nikola Bogdanovski was in Napredak’s starting lineup and was replaced in the 76th minute, while Milosh Tosheski played the second half.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, Crvena zvezda – Novi Pazar 5:0
Jovan Manev is back from injury and played the last 15 minutes for Novi Pazar.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, Radnički Niš – Radnički Kragujevac 2:1
Luka Stankovski entered the away team’s squad in the 73rd minute, while Stefan Petkoski Cimbaljević was an unused substitute.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, Javor – TSC 0:0
Andrej Todoroski played for TSC from the 77th minute, while Bojan Dimoski stayed on the bench.
Behar Feta played the whole game for Aluminij and scored the game opener in the 12th minute from the penalty kick.
Feta’s goal (at 1:30):
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Primorje – Bravo 3:2
David Stojanoski was an unused substitute for Bravo.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Maribor – Koper 2:0
Marko Ivanov remained all minutes on Koper’s bench.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Olimpija – Celje 3:1
Dimitar Mitrovski played until the first minute of stoppage time for Olimpija when Kelvin Ofori took his place. Mitrovski provided two assists to Antonio Marin and Diogo de Almeida Diga in the 30th and 45th minute of the match.
Mitrovski’s assists (at 1:25 and 3:05):
Spain, Primera División, Valencia – Real Madrid 0:2
Stole Dimitrievski was Valencia’s starting goalkeeper and conceded two goals.
Highlights:
Switzerland, Super League, Winterthur – Lugano 1:1
Ilija Maslarov watched the match from Lugano’s bench while his teammate Ezgjan Alioski was out of action.
Switzerland, Super League, Servette – Thun 1:3
Elmin Rastoder played till the 81st minute for Thun when he made way for Nils Reichmuth. Rastoder scored the opening goal of the game in the 40th minute.
Rastoder’s goal (at 0:53):
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Kayserispor – Kocaelispor 1:2
Darko Churlinov entered Kocaelispor’s squad in the 72nd minute and few seconds later he assisted to Agyei for scoring his team’s second goal on this match.
Churlinov’s assist (at 3:34):
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Konyaspor – Göztepe 0:0
Enis Bardhi opened in midfield and played till the 68th minute for Konyaspor when he was substituted by the Korean international Jo Jin-ho.
Türkiye, 1.Lig, Ümraniyespor – İstanbulspor 0:0
Mario Krstovski played until the 70th minute for İstanbulspor when Mustafa Sol came instead him.
Türkiye, 1.Lig, Serik Spor – Iğdir 1:3
Gjoko Spasov didn’t make the matchday squad for Serik Spor.
Türkiye, 1.Lig, Sariyer – Sivasspor 1:0
Valon Ethemi played until the 67th minute for Sivasspor when he was replaced by Kamil Fidan while his teammate Daniel Avramovski made an late substitute appearance in the 86th minute replacing the Greek International Charis Charisis.
United Arab Emirates, Pro League, Kalba – Ajman 1:3
Gjoko Zajkov was all minutes part of Ajman’s defense.